Please tell me that I am not the only one with a love/hate relationship with dressing up for special occasions! I love getting the family looking nice and out of the house. I hate the time and money wasted looking for outfits that I don’t want to wear more than a couple of times. Dress clothes can be so expensive, but at the same time, I don’t want to just wear the same thing when we are going to be taking pictures and making memories. A great alternative that helps save money (and the environment) is shopping second hand. thredUP is an awesome online consignment store that allows you to browse deals from the comfort of your couch. Read on to learn more and see my recent shopping spree haul.

*please note: thredUP sponsored my shopping spree in exchange for me sharing my honest opinion with you. For more details on sponsored content on Mommy: Home Manager, check out the side bar.

Shopping thredUP

thredUP’s website works like any other online store with a couple of differences. You can search for brands, styles, search by “my size,” or look for specific items. When I look through, I personally  turn on the “new with tags” or “like new” filters to make sure that I am getting items that are in good condition. This feature makes it really easy to separate out the best quality items.

Everything is in-season, in-style, and name brand.

If you’re a fan of clothing style boxes, thredUP has an option for that as well! Their Goody Boxes send you 15 hand-picked items. With items as low as $20, Goody Boxes are a great affordable option.

You can use code Lexie30 for 30% off your first order now!

Keep scrolling to see my haul including lots of pictures.

Exchanges and Customer Service

The biggest downfall to shopping online is, of course, not being able to try on clothing items before purchasing. threUP has a great return policy that makes it easy to check things out at home and send them back if you don’t like them. I had a few items in my order that I didn’t want, and returning them was no problem at all. I just logged in to my account, printed a pre-paid label, and dropped my package off at the post office. It was that easy – the value of my returned items was back in my account a couple of days later.

Unfortunately, I did have one small hic-up item in my order. A shirt that I ordered had the tiniest hole in the front of it. I didn’t even notice when I tried it on and by the time I went to wear it, I was outside of the return window. Still this was no problem at all. I contacted customer service and they were able to refund the item. Quick and courteous customer service is HUGE for an online brand, and threUP has it figured out.

My Haul

I went on a big shopping spree to get ready for summer and wedding/graduation season! I first ordered 4 dresses, 5 shirts, 1 pair of pants, 1 pair of sneakers, a Michael Kors tote bag, plus 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants for Peanut. I returned a couple of the dresses and the shoes because they didn’t fit and got another dress and some workout gear instead.

I got this dress for my sister-in-law’s graduation for under $20.

This dress that I’m planning to wear to my sister’s graduation was new with tags for only $11.99!

I wore this dress to my cousin’s wedding and got plenty of compliments. (I was surprised how well this one fit actually. It was near perfect!)

Plus Peanut looked very cute in his shirt which was only $3.99

I also got a few shirts that will be great for work this summer. I work in a very casual office, so these t-shirts will be great.

This outfit was only $19.98 for the tank and jeans.

I didn’t love the fit at the bottom of these jeans, but I figured for $9.99 they make great cuffed capris.

There were also great options for activewear. I got a few items from LuLuLemon, Underarmor, Marc, and these from Tek and Brooks.

If you want to check out thredUP for yourself, this referral link will get you $10 off your first order PLUS you can use promo Lexie30 for 30% off!

Hope you snag some great finds! Happy shopping.